Schools across the U.S. are starting to rethink the abundance of digital devices in classrooms. After pouring billions of dollars into laptops, tablets and learning apps, a growing number of schools say it is time to scale back.
It doesn’t need an answer because it was rhetorical. The devices do that because they are owned by Google, and the license the school districts did not read or care about granted Google permission to do that and was foisted upon every family in the district without their consent or any means to opt out or alternatives.
A bigger problem is school sponsored spyware on the devices. Weird how they don’t mention that:
https://www.eff.org/wp/school-issued-devices-and-student-privacy
https://time.com/7275031/spy-high-true-story-prime-video/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/feb/19/schools-spied-on-students-webcams
I’m not sure how that’s a surprise to anyone. Keep your personal stuff off hardware that doesn’t belong to you.
They used the onboard cameras to take pictures of kids in their bedrooms.
That is a problem, but usage monitoring software should be expected.
Then refusal to use it should also be expected, but they have zero accommodation for that.
Right, because it’s only supposed to be used for school purposes.
The school’s purposes don’t include scanning my home network. Why do their devices do that?
I can’t answer that with the limited information you’ve provided.
It doesn’t need an answer because it was rhetorical. The devices do that because they are owned by Google, and the license the school districts did not read or care about granted Google permission to do that and was foisted upon every family in the district without their consent or any means to opt out or alternatives.
It’s definitely a surprise to most students. Not really reasonable to expect people who have never been taught tech to understand tech.
It’s actually a pretty important lesson for them to learn